Table S4. Mitochondrial nucleotide diversity π in elasmobranchs. Regional scale corresponds to indices calculated for populations
including samples from a geographic area that extend from a river system up to an ocean basin. Worldwide scale corresponds to indices
calculated for populations including samples from at least two ocean basins.
Order
Family
Common Name
Species
Marker
CR
Regional
scale
0.00150.0054
0.00110.0020
0.0018
Squaliformes
Squalidae
Spiny Dogfish
Squalus acanthias
ND2
Squaliformes
Centrophoridae
Somniosidae
Squaliformes
Somniosidae
Centrophorus
squamosus
Centroscymnus
coelolepis
Somniosus antarcticus
ND2
Squaliformes
Squaliformes
Somniosidae
Leafscale Gulper
Shark
Portuguese
Dogfish
Southern Sleeper
Shark
Greenland Shark
Squaliformes
Somniosidae
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Pristidae
Pristidae
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Pristidae
Rhinobatidae
Rajiformes
Rhinobatidae
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Rajidae
Rajidae
Rajidae
Rajidae
Pacific Sleeper
Shark
Dwarf Sawfish
Largetooth
Sawfish
Green Sawfish
Shovelnose
Guitarfish
Banded
Guitarfish
Thorny Skate
Common Skate
Longnose Skate
Thornback Skate
Rajiformes
Rajiformes
Rajidae
Dasyatidae
Biscuit Skate
Red Stingray
Global
scale
0.0086
Source
0.0018
Veríssimo et al. 2012
CytB
0.0023
Murray et al. 2008
Somniosus
microcephalus
Somniosus pacificus
CytB
0.0022
Murray et al. 2008
CytB
Murray et al. 2008
Pristis clavata
Pristis pristis
CR
CR
0.00310.0043
0.0040
0.0044
Pristis zijsron
Rhinobatos productus
CR
CR
Phillips et al. 2011
Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004
Zapteryx exasperata
CR/ND2
0.0036
0.01060.0131
0.0011
Amblyraja radiata
Dipturus batis
Dipturus oxyrinchus
Raja clavata
CytB
CR
CR
CR
Chevolot et al. 2007
Griffiths et al. 2010
Griffiths et al. 2011
Pasolini et al. 2011
Raja straeleni
Dasyatis akajei
CR
CR
0.009
0.01774
0.00223
0.00140.0039
0.0025
0.00210.0084
Veríssimo et al. 2010
Veríssimo et al. 2011
Phillips et al. 2011
Phillips et al. 2011
Castillo-Páez et al. 2014
Pasolini et al. 2011
Li et al. (in press)
Rajiformes
Dasyatidae
Shorttail Stingray
Dasyatis brevicaudata
CR
Rajiformes
Potamotrygonidae
Discus Ray
Paratrygon aiereba
ND6
Rajiformes
Myliobatidae
Spotted Eagle Ray
CytB
Rajiformes
Myliobatidae
Spotted Eagle Ray
ND4
0.0085
Schluessel et al. 2010
Rajiformes
Rhinopteridae
ND2
0.00255
Orectolobiformes
Ginglymostomatidae
Pacific Cownose
Ray
Nurse Shark
CR
0.0008
Stegostomatidae
Rhincodontidae
Zebra Shark
Whale Shark
0.00010.0005
0-0.0038
0.0040.007
0.005
00.00213
0-0.003
0.001130.00360
00.00334
00.00149
0.00130.0014
0.00855
Sandoval-Castillo & RochaOlivares 2011
Karl et al. 2012
Orectolobiformes
Orectolobiformes
Aetobatus ocellatus
(as A. narinari)
Aetobatus ocellatus
(as A. narinari)
Rhinoptera
steindachneri
Ginglymostoma
cirratum
Stegostoma fasciatum
Rhincodon typus
0.00030.0019
0.00530.0349
0.0126
0.0014
0.011
Dudgeon et al. 2009
Castro et al. 2007
0.004
Ramírez-Macías et al. 2007
Ahonen et al. 2009
ND4
CR
Lamniformes
Odontaspididae
Grey Nurse Shark
Carcharias taurus
CR
CR
Lamniformes
Alopiidae
Alopias pelagicus
CR
CR
Lamniformes
Alopiidae
Alopias superciliosus
CR
Lamniformes
Alopiidae
Alopias vulpinus
CR
Lamniformes
Cetorhinidae
Pelagic Thresher
Shark
Bigeye Thresher
Shark
Common
Thresher Shark
Basking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus
CR
Lamniformes
Lamnidae
White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Scyliorhinidae
Dark Shyshark
Haploblepharus pictus
COXI
Carcharhiniformes
Triakidae
School Shark
Galeorhinus galeus
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Triakidae
Narrownose
Mustelus schmitti
CytB
0.0030.053
0.0010.002
0.0015
0.0009
Le Port & Lavery 2012
Frederico et al. 2012
Schluessel et al. 2010
Stow et al. 2006
Trejo 2005
0.00166
Trejo 2005
0.00094
Trejo 2005
0.0013
Hoelzel et al. 2006
Blower et al. 2012
McLachlan 2011
0.007
Chabot & Allen 2009
Pereyra et al. 2010
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes
Triakidae
Carcharhinidae
Smoothhound
Leopard Shark
Pigeye Shark
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Bronze Whaler
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes
CR
ND4
Spinner Shark
Triakis semifasciata
Carcharhinus
amboinensis
Carcharhinus
brachyurus
Carcharhinus brevipinna
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Sandbar Shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Dusky Shark
Carcharhinus obscurus
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Glyphis garricki
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Northern River
Shark
Speartooth Shark
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Negaprion acutidens
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Sharptooth
Lemon Shark
Lemon Shark
COXI
CR
COXI
CR
CR
Negaprion brevirostris
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Milk Shark
Rhizoprionodon acutus
ND4
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon lalandii
CR
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Brazilian
Sharpnose Shark
Caribbean
0.0067
0.00320.0089
0.000370.00203
0.00100.0016
0.0009
0.0028
0.000070.00151
0.000350.00282
0.00214
0.000460.00712
0.001610.00468
0.000890.00466
0
0
0
0
00.00185
00.00099
0.002090.00390
0.00484
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae
Silky Shark
Bull Shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
Carcharhinus leucas
CR
CR
ND4/CR
Carcharhinidae
Blacktip Shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
CR
Rhizoprionodon porosus
CR
0.00278
CR
ND4
CR
ND4
Glyphis glyphis
Lewallen et al. 2007
Tillett et al. 2012a
0.016
Benavides et al. 2011a
0.0013
Geraghty et al. 2013
Galván-Tirado et al. 2013
Karl et al. 2011
Tillett et al. 2012b
0.00214
Keeney et al. 2005
0.00226
Keeney & Heist 2006
Ovenden et al. 2011
0.00475
Portnoy et al. 2010
0.005
Benavides et al. 2011b
0.00056
Wynen et al. 2009
Wynen et al. 2009
Wynen et al. 2009
Wynen et al. 2009
Schultz et al. 2008
0.00585
Schultz et al. 2008
Ovenden et al. 2011
Mendonça et al. 2009
Mendonça et al. 2011
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhiniformes
Sphyrnidae
Sharpnose Shark
Whitetip Reef
Shark
Scalloped
Hammerhead
Triaenodon obesus
CR
0-0.004
0.00213
Whitney et al. 2012
Sphyrna lewini
CR
0-0.0110
0.0130
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